Resources as a protective factor for negative outcomes of frailty in elderly people

Gerontology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 391-397

  Ament, Bart H L ^a,b   De Vugt, Marjolein E ^b   Koomen, Floortje M K ^a   Jansen, Maria W J ^a,c   Verhey, Frans R J ^b   Kempen, Gertrudis I J M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Public Health Service South Limburg   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aged; Elderly; Frail; Independent living; Public health

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC POLICY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84865689937     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: 14230003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000336041     Document Type: Article

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